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So I've been thinking of getting a 3D printer but non had offered up the key things I wanted (the closest being the rep-rap but it's just way to small for my liking). So hey why not just make one my self, and why not make it anim8or compatible

So I've tried to simplify the concept of the 3D printer so that it can use as less materials as possible in constructing the unit. On top of that I wanted it to be as efficient with its space as much as possible. Some models have the hot platform move along the Z axis; but this means that I must have room for the platform to move. If the printer takes up 2ft by 2ft by 1ft I want it to be able to print objects as close to that size as possible, meaning I can't have a moving platform take up space so it can move back and forth.

So here is my concept design, quite rough as it stands right now.
Also please note in this image the Y axis wont work like that (the shaft would need to turn, so it couldn't be attached to the frame like that)

I mean it keeps having connection problems more frequently than usual. Is it just me, or is Steve messing with the server's electronics

EVERYTHING that suites it.
Basically this is a direct reply to an old post here on the anim8or forums where which someone had asked what do you use anim8or for. Well, I thought I'd show one of the things I use it for (as one of those things are actually finished YAY! -ish awe).

I tend to do a lot of concept designs with anim8or that require a full 3d view, where I need to see the back of it, the front, the sides and pretty much just the general shape of it and what it would look like in real life. This is hard to do when you are drawing it flat, or looking at pictures that you can't rotate. So 3D modelling such a thing is a great way to go about it *whiny voice* but 3d modeling can be such pain *whiny voice*. Which is why I love anim8or, it has such simple and intuitive tools for modeling I can make the shape of something I need really quickly and effectively.

So I decided to make a custom paint job on my computer case that I would purchase, but I wanted to have the design done before I bought it. So I modeled it based on reference images on the web.
As you can tell it is super low poly but that's kinda the point, simple and quick. After this was I was able to take the texture I had, and simply just go into my favorite bitmap editor and go at it like mad until I found a design I liked. I also used the script plugin Load-Textures or what ever it was called (click it and it reloads all the textures in the anim8or project).
So I ordered the case (shipped quite fast by newegg, less than a week it took) and went to home depot and bought some spray paint and some painters tape from the dollar store. Now can you guess what I did next, I painted it (I bet you didn't see that one coming  ).
As you can see the result worked out pretty well (Now I just need to get better at spray painting).
And finally my whole setup, please don't mind the clutter it has no where else to go (quite literally half my room is nothing but boxes)

And just for those who are interested my current specs.

So I got bored with programing and did some modeling.
For some practice on ambient scene objects (random objects that aren't necessarily the main focus in the scene, e.g. a waste bin, a tv, a book etc) I did a vending machine.
Here are the pictures...

So I decided to make a newer tree that isnt a whole waste of polygons (the other one in my engine is like 1000 and more faces just for one tree ), so here we go I made my version of a low polygon tree.
(note: lighting is not enabled in the image)

EDIT: added a second image, this time a little further out

If anyone has used a graphic design software, such as flash or fireworks, you should be familiar with this tool.
I'm pretty sure in flash 8 it is called the transform tool,
but here's my proposition, the select tool will have advanced features, if you click where there's nothing visible, and drag it would it select points and faces like normal, but once you have selected points a box would appear around them (see picture) and you can click and drag on the box to move the points, or move the mouse to the corner of the box and you can do a matrix transformation on the points.
You can have more functions built into this (like scaling and etc.) if you wanted to.

This would save time as you wouldn't have to create modifiers and effect things that take 2343 hours for a simple job like skewing things and such. It also shouldn't be that hard to implement.

what do you think?

Well if you weren't a commonear (64... hehehe) to the cre8or site, then you probably don't know already, and if you were common to the cre8or site, you probably still don't even know (cause no one seem to go onto that site), so I shall tell you now, cre8or is dead.
Quite frankly I'm surprised that cre8or was able to stay alive for the several years it had, specially since its own creator (kappa/kappax) only was online basically 4 times within t three years. I wouldn't have blame kappax for its death if he actually legitimately explained why he couldn't work on it, or if had of let other people to carry on the project, but no he didn't.

So its dead, now what? or even "what will ever happen to the bird splash screen that always had some sort of invert blend effect on it? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO IT!?!?!",  you may ask. Well now I should have filtered out the people who actually used cre8or between the people don't care what so ever with my long arse rant of the day here, so let me tell you...

I'm currently working on a new version of cre8or, and with my zombie instincts kicking in, I call the project code name, project undead, fitting don't you think?
Some things are going to change with my version of it...

1
I have no site, 1-two I have no money for a site, 1-three I am piss poor site wise. So ignore the site right now, I will see what I can do about that later

2
I am using opengl directly, so no ogre3d nor directx (opengl is better anyways)

3
I'm still making it work with anim8or for multiple reasons, one its awesome, two its easy to use, three its awesome, did I mention its awesome (I love its modeling tools)

4
audiere is the only sound library I got working so its being used (but I got it to work a lot better)

5
The interface is going to be different, but very similar, plus I'm making it more professional (tool descriptions are actually going to work with actual definitions included)

6
the first version of the project undead will look worse than cre8or, but that's because I still haven't got glsl shaders to work yet.

I know I'm missing lots of stuff but that's all my brain is configuring right now so uhh yea, umm if you have any comments, questions, rants, flame wars, curses, just let me know.